Playing-card game



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. A. E. WALL PLAYING CARD GAME Filed Jar 1; 31 192.4

INVENTOR BY W5 Patented Apr. 1, 1925.

UNITED. STATES PATE NTiOFFICE; v

AGDA n. WALL, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

PLAYING-CARD GAME,

Application flled l'anuary a1, 1924. ser al n. 689,669."

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Acna E. WALL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Playing-Card Games, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new card game to be played with the usual deck of playing cards, a chart being provided for use in playing the game, said chart having spaces arranged to receive cards drawn from the deck, said spaces being marked to represent certain cards, nu-

meraled in a predetermined order and ar-- ranged in a predetermined relationship.

A practical embodiment of my 1nvent1on is represented 1n the accompanylng drawings, in which the figure represents a face view of the chart which is used in playing the game. I

The chart may be of any suitable material. either stiff or flexible, and it has, on

its face, a plurality of spaces numbered, in I the present instance, from 1 to 17 respectively. These spaces are preferably about bered 2, 3, 4, 5, respectively; the alternate the size of an ordinary playing card and marked to represent the four queens and the four jacks arranged alternately.

The numbering of the spaces is arranged in a predetermined order, as, for instance, the joker space is numbered 1; the alternate spaces marked to represent the aces of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts are numspaces marked to represent the kings of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts are numbered 6, 7, 8, 9, respectively; the alternate spaces marked to represent the queens of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts are numbered 10, 11, 12, 13, respectively; and the alternate spaces marked to represent the jack-s of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts are numbered 14, 15, 16, and 17, respectively.

One-method of utilizing the chart in playing the game is"as followszShuflle the deck and cut. The exposed card on the bottom determines the goal; the joker fixing it at 50; the ace at 100; the face cards at 150; and the number cards at 200. The goal determiner remains at the bottom of the deck, where it can be referred to at anytime. Proceed to lay the cards out, face up, in the rotation shown inthe drawings according to number, i. e., joker, ace, king, queen and jack, taking spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts in rotation. Keep the score as the cards are dealt, as the number of points depends upon the space on which the cards happen to fall. For instance, if the joker falls on the space marked Joker it counts 100; on an ace 50; and'on a face card it counts 25. If an ace should fall on the space marked Joker'it counts 50; on an ace 25, and on a face card 10. If a face card (the king, queen or jack) should fall on the spaced marked Joker it counts 25; on an ace it counts 10 and if it falls on a face card it counts 5. The number cards are valueless and are called Blanks. 'It is a disadvantage to turn one up. Each space on the chart should be covered by a card and the score kept as each card is laid out. Where a number card is laid on a space or pile, that space or pile is dead. The scoring keeps on until all s aces are covered by number (or dead) car s.

It is evident that the relative arrange ment of and numbering of the spaces .as

shown in the drawing, may be varied to suit different requirements; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the particular arrangement and order of numbering shown thereon; but What I claim is I a V 1. Ina playing card game, a chart having card receiving spacesmarked to represent the joker, aces, kings, queens andjacks, said spaces being arranged as follows: a

"joker space surrounded by annular series of ace, king, queen and jack spaces.

2. In a playing card game, a chart having card receiving spaces marked to represent the joker, aces, kings, queens and jacks, said spaces being arranged as follows: a joker spacersurrounded by an inner, annular series of ace and king spaces arranged alternately and an outer, annular series of queen and jack ipaces arranged alternately.

- 3-. n a playing card game, a chart having card receiving s aces marked. to represent the joker, aces, ings, ueens and jacks, said spaces being numbere 1n the following order: joker; aces of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts; kings of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts; queens of spades, clubs, diamonds-and hearts; and jacks of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. 7

4. In a playing card game, a chart having card recei ringspaces marked torepresent the joker, aces, kings, queens and jacks, said spaces being arranged as follows: a

joker space surrounded by an inner, annular series of ace and king spaces arranged a1- ternately and an outer, annular series of 15 queen and ack spaces arranged alternately,

said spaces also being numbered in the following orderrjoker; aces of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts; kings of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts; queens of clubs, diamonds and hearts;- and jacks of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. 7 In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name this 23rd day of January 1924:- r r AGDA. E. WALL.

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